All 6 Further Education Colleges in Northern Ireland deliver accredited ESOL courses.

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses provided by Further Education colleges in Northern Ireland are free for refugees, asylum seekers and other specific categories of displaced migrants.

Please see link below for the College in your area:

Belfast Met - ESOL - Part-time - Belfast Met

South Eastern Regional College (SERC) - ESOL - SERC

Southern Regional College (SRC) - Courses | Southern Regional College (src.ac.uk)

South West College (SWC) - English for Speakers of Other Languages | South West College

Northern Regional College (NRC) - Search Results | NRC Northern Regional College

North West Regional College (NWRC) - English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) | North West Regional College

Community providers and private schools also offer ESOL classes across Northern Ireland and, via this website, you will be able to search for additional English language provision available in your area. Most free classes delivered within the community setting, are only available to adults (over the age of 18).

Further Education ESOL provision delivered by colleges can cater for anyone over the age of 16 (subject to availability of spaces).

Study online

Southern Regional College - ESOL Digital Pathways project.

The new platform is now live and ready to support ESOL learners and practitioners.

Access the platform: https://www.esoldigitalpathways.org/

The programme includes -

• A comprehensive Initial Assessment tool
• 219 interactive lessons covering Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
• Content aligned to Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3 of the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum & CEFR.

Information about this programme is available in different languages.

Access the flyers in different languages: ESOL Digital Pathways - Flyers

Searching for English language training providers and courses on the ESOL NI website:

On this same page, you will find the searching box and different options.

We recommend you start your search by selecting a ‘City/Town’ and scroll down the options available. Select the location closer to where you live.

To achieve the wider range of results possible per location, you should then click directly onto the blue button called ‘Search Providers’.

DO NOT TRY 'Searching Courses' as some providers listed here don't update their course details regularly and results may not appear.

If you wish to translate the website into another language you will find this feature below the ESOL NI logo and just above the searching fields, to the right of the screen.

In addition, you can follow the ESOL NI social network pages where you will find regular updates about English language training opportunities and news in Northern Ireland:

ESOL NI | Belfast | Facebook